Share Your World – 2015 Week #7
Is the paper money in your possession right now organized sequentially according to denomination and with the bills right side up and facing the same way?
Well, if I had any, it probably would be anally organized, just like that. I can’t remember the last time I carried cash. If I need it I find an ATM. Almost every job I’ve ever had has involved processing payments by cash, credit and debit cards. I admit it has always annoyed me to have to straighten out the bills in a cash register, turning them all in the same direction. It’s just so much easier to avoid mistakes when things are all neat and tidy. Unfortunately, I had a co-worker for years who didn’t understand that concept and spent a lot of her time alternately misplacing and then looking for things. For a long time I made an attempt at helping her to stay organized, but it wore me out and I gave up.
I’m not saying there aren’t areas of complete chaos in my life. Like some of my kitchen cupboards for instance. But that’s why cupboards have doors which close to hold things in place. Every so often I go on a crusade to sort everything out and add to my garage sale bins.
What is your favorite type of dog? (can be anything from a specific breed, a stuffed animal or character in a movie)
No favorites here, unless you count all the dogs that are well-behaved and belong to somebody else. Or the Starbucks dog which sits on a shelf in my bedroom and (with the help of a gargoyle) guards my junk jewelry. He’s kind of cute and very low maintenance. So is the gargoyle. I can’t remember why I have these things. Would you buy them at a garage sale?
If money was not an issue, would you go on a cruise? If so where would you go?
Yes, but not an ocean cruise where you can’t see land at all times. A riverboat cruise on the Rhône river from Switzerland, through France, to the Mediterranean Sea sounds like something I might like. Especially the part where I have the same room for the entire trip with no packing and unpacking every few days while still going different places and seeing different things. Or I could just watch a travel show on tv and use the money for something else. I hear all you travel lovers gasping in disbelief.
Would you dare to sleep in a haunted house overnight?
Sure. That sounds a lot less scary than being on the ocean. I’m a very sound sleeper so who knows what might go on around me while I’m oblivious to it all. Could be a big disappointment for the ghosts.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I’m grateful for a lovely long-weekend visit with kids and grandkids. There was cake. Our movie theatre is within grandma-walking-distance so we went to see Paddington Bear. There weren’t a lot of choices – the other ones playing were inappropriate for young children with violence, crude language, and shades of grey. I won’t be spending any more money on Christian and Ana. Sponge Bob was one above that one on my list.
W goes to see the hip surgeon soon and will hopefully be put on a hip replacement list that is not ridiculously long. Different surgeons have different lists. What in the world would we do without lists? All organization would come to a grinding halt.
I’m looking forward to Spring. Although the chances of it arriving here in the week coming up are slim. That’s when we’ll have our garage sale, with everything all sequentially organized and right side up and facing in the same direction.
I feel as you do about ocean cruises. Now I know there are river cruises, there is actually a chance I will go on a cruise someday!
(Cruise ships often passed by where I watched for killer whales. There is a chance they always stayed within view of the islands, but if not? Forget it!)
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Yes, I like to know there is land close enough to at least wash up on the shore of it. I have family who went on river cruises and thoroughly enjoyed it. So, someday when money is no object….😄
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I like your gargoyle…don’t know why but I do. Thanks for sharing.
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His eyes light up red too. He’s more fun than the dog, come to think of it. 😄
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New ears, new hip–how will I recognize you? We’ll have to choose a secret password! Here: Lean closer, while I whisper it:
“Hip-Hearay! 😉 “
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LOL – good password. I still haven’t HEARD from the audiology people. Can’t do anything about a hearing aid until I get their report. In the meantime I’m enjoying the quiet.
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They seem temporally-disabled, don’t they? Perhaps they could use time- and thoughtfulness aids.
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I would come to your garage sale if I could!
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Free gargoyle with every purchase. lol
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I’m there!
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I’m coming now. Nurse Kelly can’t have the gargoyle. It’s mine. Dibs! I need it to park my tiara when I take it off at night…
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You take your tiara off??? 😄 To avoid garage sale riots I may be shopping for more gargoyles.
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I’d come to your garage sale if I could, and take the gargoyle, too. Every home needs one. Your comment about liking all dogs that belong to someone else completely cracked me up. 🙂
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Yes they’re kind of like grandchildren, fun to have around for awhile and then yay, they go home. 😄
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My money is all straightened out and I make List about my list so I guess I must be anally organised too. haha
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Haha…it’s bad when we start making a list of all our lists. lol
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I know, right!
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Regarding a cruise, I could probably scrape the money together, after I py the water bill get the dog’s teeth cleaned, and make other improvements around here. However, getting David on a ship would be tricky. s for Dogs, I like mine unstuffed.
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I admire people who care for and love their pets. I’m just not very good at that. Hey, I can’t even get W to get a passport! His idea of a cruise is a fishing boat on a river.
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Love the gargoyle. When we downsized we had to get rid of about 25 of them. Kept one for old times sake.
As I hit my late 70’s, I have suddenly understood why a dear older friend almost foamed at the mouth when returning from a long hospital stay to find all her church “friends” organizing the chaos of her kitchen counters by replacing food stuffs into the cabinets.
Now, I know that “out of sight” means “gone forever” for some of us whose memory has worn thing faster than our ears and hips.
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